Standards for Professional Behavior

The faculty has established professional standards and requires all medical students to meet these standards in order to progress and successfully complete the Four-Year MD Program. The School reserves the right to issue a warning, to place on probation, suspend or to dismiss a student whose behavior renders the student unable to meet the required standards. All term 1-5 courses have professional behavior standards. Failure to meet professional behavior standards may result in up to a 10% penalty of the total available course points and may result in an F grade for the course in which the student is registered. During clinical rotations, professional behavior is worth 20% of the final grade.

Students are expected to abide by the University Code of Conduct and to demonstrate professional behavior at all times. The University Code of Conduct can be found on our website. The Senior Associate Dean of Basic Sciences Office and/or the Office of the Senior Associate Dean of Clinical Studies (US and UK) can suspend students at any time for serious breaches of the Code of Conduct.

All students are expected to read the entirety of the Student Manual prior to starting Term 1 of the Basic Sciences. All students are expected to read the entirety of the Clinical Training Manual prior to starting clinical rotations.